Show rm W GOT HIS 1118 AN am INCIDENT IN A RAILWAY MAN A N A rot a ra 1 I off on I 1 Is a a crift r iee I nar ee givah nil ulan liar star I 1 aa what stapp 84 1110 special letter iatter A whimsical incident of 11 life vaa recently narrated by the general manager oc of a great railroad not 01 ol long 1009 ago be he meld the millionaire president of a big manufacturing concern in ohio told a tory of how be he got bli his tart start la in life through teeing kicked off oft an ac so arsh la in the dead of wa win 13 ter it waa was during the bard hard timea times 1 in the tb BO 90 a and although he be waa was a killed skilled mechanic chanto mo and something thInK of an mil liter be he found it impossibly to procure work of any kind ren even manual labor went from bad baft to wore and at last bo be found himself stranded tr somewhere ome where in southern aou thern ohio lie wai was tone tolle broke and desperate and anted wanted to get et to dayton where he bad had heard board vaguely there wu was so dolac la in bli his trade so go one bitter rold evening be flipped on board an train hoping to be able to talk the tho conductor into carrying him but be the U id 3 lie begged 1 and nil pleaded and told his atory story with all 1 tl 0 eloquence of despair but the ticket puncher refused to molt MOIL on the th con arary he pulled the bell rope when they cam came to the next station grabbed the unhappy young mechanic and pro pelted him oa on the car with a fries of swift kleks he lie irked in a 1 now snow bank back and slept la lit a e freight shed but next day hit his chonce catal lit licit lk L k A pan span la had a d suddenly aud denly given way in a IL ne new iron bridge over a big creek at the edis of town and the whole structure truc ture threatened to go down before experts could arrive fron from the builders foundry at that critical e the stranger at jimpei into the breach built a temporary supporting lup porting trestle of lof lots 9 mv lit 4 t receiving nECE IVINO IVING HIS and cro astles and saved laved like worth of work of coune course the 1 bridge people aers delighted and when IP they saw aw what hat a really dentine scientific job affy he had ad done they offered I 1 the be habar shabby p engineer a handsome ban diome position lon in their establishment from that on his rise rl u V wu rapid and in concluding the tb little C tale the manufacturer laid especial stress on an the apparent hopelessness of a his hi petition position the night be he was ejected from rom the train and made the point that ano one never live give way to despair ff if 4 that conductor bud bad carried me on instead of kicking me off be ald said it 1 I would hate have mireed the great crest chance of ray tar life and might be now at the bench I 1 am really indebted to him for my start in the world und and I 1 ban have often wished that I 1 could meet him and tell him hm bout about it 11 this curious etory waa was generally een geni rally copied by the papers continued the railroad magnate and sue zue day a cou con burtar in our service 1 came into my office in great excitement and showed mea me k clipping am I 1 m the very man mail that 4 put that fellow off oil he declared and after questioning him a little as to date and details dt alla I 1 concluded he was correct about it IL he lie remembered the incident perfectly and vid also recalled the fact that the big bridge at the town had broken the following day but the subsequent career of his bobo hobo ger gar was something he had never heard of it filled him with 4 awe 40 0 and venera tola md and be he was impressed by the tle generous disposition on the theart part of the lucky man to attribute his fortune to the circumstance of hiring having been kicked off the train and his ex pressed desire to meet the person who did the kicking after ruminating the matter for a week or two and reading the speech until be he knew it by heart he concluded it boull be wrong to deny the millionaire an opportunity to express his gratitude and accordingly be he applied for a learo leave of absence to pay par him a visit I 1 g ranted the leave go cot him a pail pa il and he departed in high feather IV for fee ill As soon aa as he arrived at his deatina deet lna tion according to his ht own story he went at once to the manufactory and asked to see e the president after tome some do delay dolay lay he wax was shown into a magnificent print private office on th alu second floor whets a stalwart tal wart g ay helred gentle man vae was seated behind a big mahogany table the conductor had prepared quite well turned and will witty little ill speech of introduction for he realized allied re of course that the millionaire t I 1 know him from adani adala v hoote hoo hoi te pat t but the splendor pl endor of the sur ea gs an and 1 I the cold blue eyes ot at the man himself knocked it all ami of bis his bead head and the only thing he could do u as to pread spread the clil clipping ping on the table and blurt out I 1 ira in the fellow thac that put you off indeed said the preal dent looking at him keenly how do you know th conductor tumbled over hia his atory story ind before he COn concluded clad the magnate jump d up aling warmly abl la Is a great pleasure he be aid said very gic pleasure some thine thing I 1 bare have been looking forward to for or year its it e mutual aid said he the conductor grinning thank thanks gad said the lots ou noticed per hips haps in my little epi I 1 t b that I 1 gladly ascribed my start ID in life to the fact hat that you kicked se off 0 the care cars instead ot at carrying me to dayton on that winter night which you recall with each such precision I 1 lo 10 0 that rahi the th w who ho t without knowing why adlay dl ay began ak I 1 to 1 l cel feel a aurlon ete e te of ehen 4 i ea afoo do exactly pursued ed the preel ont at bli his palms lani As tar far BJ As faults were concerned you of I 1 TM merely an in instrument la 14 the hanl bands of providence I 1 bay bays returned thanks to in various way ways and thin think providence and I 1 are about ten vron nut but the kicking nic he went wentha on la in the lame same silky role voice which the conductor says made cold chill chills crawl all through the root roots of ble his hair the kic klair was A I 1 ft rl 1 tb f te boer r 0 a tort sort of t tro orcas embellishment without which the tb th owing off of a half hall lick sick hall clad wretch bare have own a bit too somber let M me at ire he added musingly ocly lt it seems to me that you were a rood good deal heavier earler li thru then I 1 mel used to weigh ISO bald the conductor swallowing the lump in hie its throat but I 1 ve run down ince mince yea I 1 aid said tile the president dent politely my own wa was luat just the reverse I 1 wan was greatly run down that altha and I 1 bare have ince since gained considerably in weight which make a things about even it at present pre ant with that he be suddenly grabb d the conduct cr lr by the collar whirled him around like lightning and kicked him all the war down stairs he its landed on the payment pavement all in a heap soap said the rail rall man in conel rolon 1 and spent arx nt ft day debating whether he would bring a asma e suit or eo xo ot tanning for ht his cruel nL at tt ast tie lie decided that he be wu wall up tip it and had bad bettor come coins home before anything any clee else truck struck bim him he ile 1 Is a hot anarchist itt now and ay says the millionaires have no souls |